Ray Acevedo

Ray Acevedo is a singer, actor, and visual artist from Puerto Rico. He joined the boy band Menudo in 1985 at 13 after a second audition, becoming a soloist. His hits included Pañuelo Blanco Americano and En San Juan me Enamore, while It's You and Me All The Way became an international success. With other Menudo members he starred in the Argentine soap opera Por Siempre Amigos in 1987, which ran for 100 episodes. He left Menudo in August 1988 and moved to the United States. In New York he performed Off-Broadway and wrote cross-cultural songs. In 1999 he and Aurelio Laing III created Afterworld Records, and their first album, Amor Oculto, was recorded in San Antonio in 2000 and released in 2001. A 2005 collaboration followed on an English version of his Age of Anxiety album, and in 2007 he toured Brazil and Latin America with Menudo La Reunion. He also makes charcoal drawings and oil paintings.